Chen Xingqi said with a smile: "A person worthy of being the prince, in this kind of place, he is still planning for the prince."

No matter what you say, I can only tell you that no matter how the Chen family chooses, I, Chen Xingqi, will only do what I think is right. ”

Chen Xingqi came suddenly, and he left simply.

I didn't want to leave before, but who expected that Meng Changqing would suddenly talk about the battle for storage positions, Chen Xingqi didn't want to cause trouble for his family, so he really didn't dare to mix with a barefoot person like Meng Changqing.

He walked away with a small half-bag of sweet potatoes.

On the day of August and a half, Meng Changqing ate a bowl of noodles with his family.

After that, she started to get busy again, and in the past six months, she has only been most concerned about two things.

The first is the overall pattern of Beishan County.

The house built by each household must be within the line, and it can be retracted, but it must not be enlarged outward.

As long as she sees any family with the intention of expanding outward, the official will immediately come forward to warn her, stop the other party's behavior in time, and also save the other party from the loss of time and money.

Now the layout of the county is completely according to her previous plan, and the east and west are arranged in an orderly manner.

The house is relatively uniform in both appearance and interior layout.

This is not Meng Changqing's request, but the people who help build the houses here are all those people, unless the master has other ingenuity, otherwise it will naturally be built according to the mason's habits.

Although they are all earthen houses, they have a solid structure, thick walls, and a fire kang inside, which is enough to resist the cold.

And then there's the grain harvest.

The closer she gets to the harvest, the longer she spends in the field.

After half a year of hard work, it is finally time to accept the results.

Meng Changqing called Yang Zheng and Zhang Yuan to the study on this day, and asked them to strengthen their inspections, especially in dangerous mountains, if there is any abnormal movement, they must come and go back in time.

Yang Zhengdao: "Are you afraid that people from the mountains will come to grab grain? ”

"It's been like this before." Meng Changqing said, "Until now, we don't know the situation on the mountain, so everything can only be prepared in advance." ”

Zhang Yuan wanted to speak and stopped.

Meng Changqing said: "Captain Zhang has something to say. ”

"Actually, yesterday, a group of people named Malaifu told me about it." Zhang Yuan said: "He thinks that he can take advantage of the fact that there is more food now to lure the people on the mountain down, what he means is that the mountain is not monolithic."

I wanted to tell you after listening to it, but I was busy yesterday and there were visitors to visit, so I never had the right opportunity to tell you. ”

Meng Changqing didn't speak, Yang Zheng opened his mouth to ask her to think about it, "There are two sides to everything, those people are used to being mountain bandits, so they naturally don't obey your discipline, but once they come down from the mountain, whether they obey it or not, they always have to act within the rules, in case they have something out of line, it is easy for the officials to deal with it." ”

"I'll think about it." Meng Changqing said, "Please ask Captain Zhang to go and tell that person to come to the mansion in the evening, I want to see him." ”

"I'm going to tell him."

After Zhang Yuan left, Meng Changqing said to Yang Zheng: "Brother Yang, I have to go to inspect the city wall often during this time, and you have to worry more about the county government." ”

"Okay, I'll let Zuo Datou keep watch at all times, and you should also pay attention to safety outside."

In recent times, there have often been people trying to climb over the city wall at night, because only the section of the city wall in Beishan County has no bricks, so it is the easiest to climb, and it is only necessary to use sharp weapons to dig a hole in the rammed earth wall.

On this day, Meng Changqing rode outside the city wall, and the escort army accompanied Yu Tai.

"Look at this place, it's the most damaged."

Meng Changqing looked in the direction of his finger and saw that there were dense pits of size on the city wall, and there was definitely more than one Jiemaru savage who had been here.

Yu Tai said: "Master Meng, the brick surface on the outside should be paved as soon as possible. ”

"It's nature." Meng Changqing looked up along the big and small pits, and saw the soldiers on duty on the city wall.

"The night is silent, and any movement will be amplified, why did the Tsutsumaru Savage approach the city wall, and why didn't the soldiers defending the city find out?"

"You haven't dealt with the wildlings, and you don't know that there are those who are good at hiding their whereabouts, and it's hard to detect whether they are walking or doing things at all.

One more thing, the soldiers on duty are human after all, and it is inevitable that there will be times when they are distracted, and I think there is nothing wrong with finding them in time before the savages go up the wall. ”

Meng Changqing looked at the pits of different sizes.

Yu Tai was still saying: "Recently, there have been more and more Jiemaru savages coming here, and if this continues, it will be a matter of time before they climb the city wall. ”

Meng Changqing could only promise, "After the autumn harvest, I will arrange it immediately." ”

"Please hurry up, sir."

Meng Changqing nodded, "I'm tired of all the soldiers, and I must be on guard during this period." ”

"Master Meng can rest assured of this." Yu Taidao: "The stones on the city wall are replenished day by day, the number of people on duty has increased in this place, and the frequency of night patrols has also increased, do you want to go up to the wall to take a look?" ”

Meng Changqing followed Yu Tai to the wall, the big stones on the city wall were close to the corner, the arrows in the quiver were sufficient, and the soldiers were in high spirits.

Meng Changqing went to the area with the most pits on the wall to take a look, and there were indeed more soldiers on duty here than elsewhere.

But the Shotaru Savage is not a fool, and the defense here is heavy, so he will naturally find other gaps.

Meng Changqing was helpless, and he also knew that repairing the city wall as soon as possible was the key, so he immediately wrote an official document after returning to the county government and handed it over to Wei Fangyun.

"My lord, Malaifu is here." Zhang Yuan still remembered what Meng Changqing had explained.

Meng Changqing himself almost forgot.

"Meet Master Meng." Ma Laifu was brought in and began to kowtow.

"Know why I'm looking for you?" Meng Changqing asked.

"It's the one I told Master Zhang before."

"Then tell me, how can you lure the people down from the mountain?"

"Adults can shout directly or put signs at the foot of the mountain, and most of them are literate and can understand them," said Malaifu. ”

"Is there someone on the mountain that you remember?"

Ma Laifu denied it, only saying that this was his sincere suggestion, and hoped that adults would consider it.

Within two days, a message came from Liangzhou Mansion, saying that Lord Futai wanted to see her.

Meng Changqing didn't have time to think carefully about the mountain bandits, so he carried a bag of sweet potatoes to Liangzhou Mansion.

The messenger took them directly to the study and said, "Lord Futai is already waiting for you in the study." ”

"Lord Futai." Meng Changqing opened his mouth to confess, "I went out late today, so I made the adults wait for a long time." ”

"It's only time, it's not too late for you to come." Wei Fangyun looked at the sack in front of the eight sides, "What is that?" ”

"It's a sweet potato." Meng Changqing opened his pocket sideways and took out the cleaned sweet potatoes inside, "I can already take it with me to eat, I brought you some, I want you to taste it." ”

Wei Fangyun walked over, took what Meng Changqing had in his hand, and took it in his hand and checked it, "This thing is a bit of a catty, can it be counted as a mu yield?" ”

"I dug a few small fields, and the yield per mu should be no less than 4,000 catties." Meng Changqing said: "Although the land in Beishan County has not been cultivated for decades, the soil is fertile enough, and the people are diligent, this thing grows very well." ”

"I remember you said it was cooked and eaten?"

Meng Changqing replied: "You can cook it directly, or you can make it into a dish, throw it into the brazier and roast it, or even eat it raw." ”

Wei Fangyun called the official and asked him to take this bag of sweet potatoes to the kitchen, and he wanted to taste it.

After talking about the sweet potato, Wei Fangyun asked everyone to sit down and start talking about business, "I saw what you wrote, after the harvest this autumn, the city walls of Weishan County and Hongjia County will also be repaired." ”